Biological inorganic chemistry [electronic resource] : an introduction / Robert R. Crichton with the collaboration of Fré́́deric Lallemand, Ioanna S.M. Psalti and Roberta J. Ward.
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Variant Title: |
Biological Inorganic Chemistry: An Introduction |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- An overview of metals in biology
- Basic coordination chemistry for biologists
- Biological ligands for metal ions
- Structural and molecular biology for chemists
- An overview of intermediary metabolism and bioenergetics
- Methods to study metals in biological systems
- Metal assimilation pathways
- Transport, storage and homeostatis of metal ions
- Sodium and potassium : channels and pumps
- Magnesium-phosphate metabolism and photoreceptors
- Calcium : cellular signalling
- Zinc : Lewis acid and gene regulator
- Iron : essential for almost all life
- Copper : coping with dioxygen
- Nickel and cobalt : evolutionary relics
- Manganese : water splitting, oxygen atom donor
- Molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium and chromium
- Metals in brain and their role in various neurodegenerative diseases
- Biomineralization
- Metals in medicine and the environment.